Re: Suck because you're Looping ?

[Terry Blankenship <electricgypsys@yahoo.com>]

Very well put. 

Musicians who are also composers usually care more
about their compositions and the overall sound and
feeling of a recording than the techniques they used
or the technical virtousity that went into it. 

He is adventurous and does go out on a limb with his
loops sometimes, and usually pulls it off.

All the ery best!
Terry


--- Tim Nelson <psychle62@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- mark <sine@zerocrossing.net> wrote:
> > I cut my looping teeth on a JamMan which had no
> >undo, and now that I've gone Repeater, I must admit
> I
> >don't use it too much.  I'm not perfect, I 
> > just forget I have it.
> 
> It's funny; Terry states that the reason he likes dt
> is because he's such a good guitarist. Now the only
> person I've ever heard who has said they *don't*
> necessarily consider dt all that great of a
> guitarist
> is dt himself (as an 'aw shucks' in the context of
> seeing his role in things more as a
> texturalist/composer/overall visionary than a
> conventional instrumentalist), and *I'm* certainly
> not
> about to criticize the man's playing.
> 
> However, there is something about Torn's playing
> that
> appeals to me even more than his chops, and that's
> his
> adventurousness, even when it means a 'mistake'
> happens. He is utterly unafraid of going out on
> musical limbs, even when they break once in a while.
> When watching some players hit a 'bum' note and then
> grimace, scowl, wince or otherwise express dismay,
> I'm
> reminded of the way dt (on a few videotaped
> performances I've seen) in such a situation often
> looks like the offending note is a source of mild
> amusement, like, 'Ooh, where'd that stinky one come
> from?'.
> 
> But THEN, rather than stomping on UNDO, he'll often
> work the glitch into the fabric of the improv, so
> after a few repetitions he's built up some
> surroundings for it that make it sound like he meant
> to do it all along. THAT to me is essential live
> looping, thinking on one's feet and working with
> what
> happens.
> 
> -t-
> 
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